Jackson-Milton Local

Jackson-Milton Local is a small Ohio district serving roughly 771 students across three K–12 schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — and it ranks 131st of 773 Ohio districts, or the 83rd percentile with 4 stars. Jackson-Milton Elementary School (K–5) is the largest with 391 students, about half of district enrollment; Jackson-Milton Middle School (6–8) enrolls 210; and Jackson-Milton High School (9–12) enrolls 170.

The middle school is the district's standout: it ranks 104th of 1,046 schools (90th percentile, 5 stars), the only 5-star school in the district, and improved from 4 stars the previous two years. Its sixth-grade math (88.9%) and seventh-grade math (81.2%) far exceed state averages (56.2% and 48.6%), and eighth-grade science jumped from 58.3% to 78.3%. The high school is also strong — 153rd of 795, 81st percentile, 4 stars, with a 98.4% graduation rate — and every reported End-of-Course test beats the state, including American History at 88.2% and English II at 82.9%. However, its chronic absenteeism of 26.1% is the highest of the three schools and well above the district's 18.4%.

The elementary school is the most mixed, ranking 472nd of 1,560 (70th percentile, 3 stars). Third-grade math (88.2%) and fifth-grade ELA (83.1%) are well above state levels, but fourth-grade math is 59.7% — below the state's 67.3% and down from 85.5% the prior year, the sharpest single-subject drop in the data. Notably, the middle school has the highest student-teacher ratio (30.0) and lowest per-student spending ($8,332) yet the best results, while the high school has the lowest ratio (12.5) and highest spending ($12,864).